Exhibits (4 total)

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During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Land-Grant College Act of 1862, which provided the means for establishing new colleges in each state or territory. These schools we...

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USU Exhibits

Housed in Utah State University’s Special Collections and Archives are two rare medieval manuscripts and an early printed book, all of which cary the same name: the Book of Hours. Created over the course of nearly four centuries in the med...

The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 is one of the most famous in well documented disasters of the early twentieth century. During the quake and fire that followed more than 3,000 people died and over half of the city's population was left homeless...

Since the first local newspaper slid off the printing press in 1879[i], Cache Valley residents have relied heavily on evolving forms of media for news and entertainment. This progression of newspaper, radio, and television outlets depended largely ...

Beer is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when people think of Utah. That could be because 60 percent of the state’s population are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which teaches its membership to abst...

Student Exhibits

Welcome to Childhood, Identity, and Coming of Age in Film! This exhibition was created by students in Dr. Mattie Burkert's spring 2017 Studies in Film course at Utah State University.
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In the 2015 spring semester, students in the History of Renaissance Europe class (HIST 3250) undertook a non-traditional research project to use archival materials to create their own digital exhibits. These exhibits showcase unique Renaissance-era...

The Cold War marked a time of concern for, and intense focus on, America’s relationship to nuclear topics. This exhibit, curated by the students of the Spring 2016 History 3770 class, and overseen by Dr. Victoria Grieve, focuses on issues rel...

In the decades after World War II, Americans focused on their homes and families as never before. Marriage and birth rates -- across race and class lines -- rose to a 20th century high. Everything from popular culture, leisure activities, marital a...

These exhibits were created by students in a three-part Honors “Think Tank” offering that explored the themes of agriculture, food, and land through science and social sciences. Students enrolled in one of three sections—Engineeri...

In Fall 2015, Joshua Thoms offered an Advanced Spanish Grammar course which required a research project. The goals of the group project were for students to: familiarize themselves with a Spanish literary genre; analyze text(s); interview an author...

Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley
In May 2015, Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives, Folklore Program, and The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress with help from the Burmese Muslim community...

Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley
In May 2015, Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives, Folklore Program, and The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress with help from the Eritrean community hosted a Field ...

In May 2015, Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives, Folklore Program, and The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress with help from the Karen community hosted a Field School for Cultural Documen...